Ray revealed the spirit berry on his hands.
However, how should he say this? The reaction of the chickens and Freed was a bit.. weak??
" Coop?" { ?????}
" What is that, Ray, another staple food?"
" .... "
Damn, the situation right now was really different from what Ray had in his mind. In normal xianxia, when the MC introduced the spirit item in his hand, the other would immediately realize it. But why was his reaction like this??
"*Sigh* Forget it. Here Freed, catch."
Ray threw the spirit berry at Freed, and even though Freed was a little bit startled, he managed to catch it with his mouth.
" Hey, what's that for?"
" Just eat it, and you will know."
With a bit of confusion, Freed decided to trust Ray and eat the strange fruit. But when the fruit was eventually fully digested by him, Freed noticed a subtle change in his body.
" This..."
" Hehe, this is a spirit berry, which could help your level grow. How about it? Do you guys praise me now?"
Ray said with a smug expression on his face. And this time, their reaction was really like that he expected.
" Coop!" { All hail the lord dungeon master. Please give me one pwetty pleaseee.}
" Coop-Coop!" { From the start, I know that the lord dungeon master is the most benevolence!}
The chickens surrounded Ray, full of praise and expectation in their minds.
For the chicken who struggled to increase their levels, this spirit berry was like a holy item. Thus they would even be a boot-licker to get those.
" Hehe, how about this, one egg for one spirit berry, and I'll consider it fair."
At first, Ray thought that there would be some resistance when he asked for some eggs. However, it seems he still underestimated the chickens.
One by one, plopping sounds came in front of Ray.
*Plop* *Plop* *Plop*
" Coop!" { Dungeon Master, here are 10 eggs. I want 10 spirit berries!"
" Nani!"
" Coop-Coop!" { Don't listen to him, Dungeon Master; here are 30 eggs, and I just want to ask for 15 spirit berries.}
" Hoho, amateur coop! Look at this coop! 5 Golden eggs for 10 spirit berries!"
" Nani!!!"
Eventually, the price of the berries was stelled for 3 eggs per berry or 1 golden egg per berry. It should be a bountiful harvest for Ray, but somehow, he still felt a little bit sour in his heart.
' These fuckers, they protested so hard when I just asked them for one egg, but now it feels like they were clearing out their eggs.'
Ray then purchased another bag of spirit berry seeds from the system and planted it in the vegetation room.
With the spirit berry, Ray has some measures to level up his monsters without even grinding in the dungeon. Thus he decided to take it slow for the last dungeon, and wait for his monsters to all reach level 10 before eventually went to explore it.
As he had nothing left to do, Ray decided to go back early to the orphanage.
From the exchange with the chicken before, Ray had sold 50 spirit berries for 120 normal danger-beast chicken eggs and 10 golden eggs, while 40 of them were given to Freed.
Freed: " hehe, look at this, chickens! This Lao tzu doesn't even need to do anything, and Master has given me the most spirit berries. It seems the master really treasures me so much."
*******
Soon, Ray arrived at the orphanage, and because he was a little bit early, he decided to make some dinner this time.
Ray was going to use the eggs from the Chickens in his dungeon, with a ratio of 2 golden eggs and 25 normal eggs for this dinner.
' Say system, if I use the golden eggs for cooking, would it count toward the 5 golden egg limits and have an effect on their body?'
[ DING!!! Don't worry host, the golden egg effect would only be possible if it was eaten only by boiling. If you poached it or make an omelet from it, the body strengthening effect will dissipate and only leave a supreme taste.]
Fiuh!! Ray was glad at the system's explanation. He had some thought on using the golden eggs to strengthen each of the little guy's bodies after getting some stock of it.
Thus he wouldn't want their limits to be reduced because they eat this cooking of his.
Some moments later, Ray was done with his cooking, and in the orphanage dining room, many egg dishes were served, each with a special aroma on its own.
" Guys, let's eat. The dish will-!"
Ray called the little guys. But before even he finished his words, the little guys had already stood before him, waiting for Ray to serve their dinner.
" Ray Nii." x4
The little guys looked at Ray with stars in their eyes, and Ray could only laugh at this act of these little guys.
Who blame them for being so cute, huh. Ray took the plate and distributed the dish for the little guys, and finally, when he looked at the empty chair, which was supposed to be Elin's, Ray somehow felt a bit sad.
' Don't be sad, Ray. It's the best for Elin.'
Obviously, it was a lie if Ray said he wasn't impacted at all by Elin being adopted away. From the beginning, Ray had treated the little guys like his own family and seeing a family member left, ray felt a bit melancholic.
However, just when Ray and the little guys were about to eat their dinner, a sound came from outside of the orphanage, and Elin, Ellen, and the Big sis came inside.
" Heee, what is this fragrant aroma? *Sigh* Why don't you wait for Big-Sis, Ray? Big-Sis is now sad and needs some food to console her."
" Ray-Nii!"
Elin rushed at Ray while Ellen politely nodded at him.
" Geez, don't ignore me, Ray!"
" Hehe, welcome home too, big-sis."
Ray smiled at the big-sis too. It seems the three of them have gone out the whole day to do Elin's adopting process.
Soon, their dinner started with Big-Sis, Elin, and Ellen joining as well, and smile filled Ray's face the whole dinner.
' Hehe, no matter what, once a family will always be a family.'